Afrden Asqer (; born 15 September 2003) is a Chinese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Changchun Yatai Changchun Yatai Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Changchun, Jilin, that competes in . Changchun Yatai plays its home matches at the Changchun Stadium, located within Nanguan District. The club's founder and main ...

, on loan from

Shanghai Port The Port of Shanghai ( zh, c=上海港, p=''Shànghǎi Gǎng'' ; Wu; ''Zånhae Kån'') is located in the vicinity of Shanghai, comprises a deep-sea port and a river port. The main port enterprise in Shanghai, the Shanghai International Por ...

Club career

Early career

Born in

Kashgar Kashgar () or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

, trained in

Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

, Afrden played for Shaanxi Laochenggen until 2017, when he moved to Japan to sign for

Shimizu S-Pulse is a Japanese professional association football, football club located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. S-Pulse is going to compete in the J1 League for the 2025 Season, after winning promotio ...

. While in Japan, he also played for

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. In 2018, he returned to China to join the youth ranks of Guangzhou FC. Afrden went on to represent the China under-19 and under-20 teams in the

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in 2020 and 2021.

2021 season

While also representing the China under-20 select in League Two, Afrden also played for Suzhou Dongwu in

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, again on loan from Guangzhou. In March 2023, Afrden signed for

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club

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

on loan for the 2023 season with the option to make the move permanent.

Shanghai Port

On 6 January 2025, Guangzhou FC failed to acquire the entry permission into the 2025 league due to historical debts, all players were released as free agents. On 27 January 2025, Afrden signed

club

Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asqer, Afrden 2003 births Living people Footballers from Xinjiang Chinese men's footballers China men's youth international footballers China men's under-20 international footballers Chinese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards China League Two players China League One players Chinese Super League players Shaanxi Laochenggen F.C. players Shimizu S-Pulse players Kashima Antlers players Guangzhou F.C. players Suzhou Dongwu F.C. players Mjällby AIF players Wuhan Three Towns F.C. players Shanghai Port F.C. players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Chinese people of Uyghur descent Chinese Muslims 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Uyghur sportspeople